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BigMac2 · Dec 17, 2000, 08:50 PM

I need a console mp3 player, I found mpg123 on freshmeat, but the source package is not very standard. I'm not able to compile the package. I wonder if someone have been able to do so, or got a other programme.

IamBob · Dec 17, 2000, 09:58 PM

from both freshmeat and the authors page:

123mp3 is a frontend to BladeEnc and CDDA2WAV that produces MP3s from selected tracks on a CD in one automated process.

If you're looking to play mp3's...that might not be what you're looking for. Anyway, if you were going to use that I think you'd need BladeEnc and/or CDDA2WAY.

If you're looking for a console-based mp3 player you might try this page.

good luck!

BigMac2 · Dec 17, 2000, 10:05 PM

Thanks Bob... but there is a difference between 123mp3 and mpg123

I will try with BaMP

IamBob · Dec 18, 2000, 11:57 AM

Whoops!

I searched on freshmeat for mpg123 and that was the first thing to show up. I guess I should've paid more attention!

sorry about that!

crazyjohnson · Dec 19, 2000, 06:31 AM

How would I compile this for OS X? Do I need to use the included libs?

Originally posted by IamBob:
If you're looking for a console-based mp3 player you might try this page.

petard · Dec 19, 2000, 10:21 PM

I've had no luck thus far... It seems the sound interfaces aren't really complete yet. You can only (officially) get at sound from carbon. I'm not ready to port something so likely to break at this point, but once the interfaces are stable I may give it a go :-)

gb

n.b. I am having a go at a cl decoder, which I will then feed into a sound device when possible.

[This message has been edited by petard (edited 12-19-2000).]

BigMac2 · Dec 20, 2000, 03:32 AM

I got some audio stuff in /System/Library/Frameworks/System.framework/Versions/B/Headers/iokit/audio but I still can't compile mpg123 or BaMP... :-(.

anothermacguy · Dec 20, 2000, 07:09 AM

I don't know if this helps, but do have a streaming mp3 server running on my OSX box. I'm using JScream as the encoder, and Shoutcast as the server (both are console run). Everything works fine.

dreness · Jan 6, 2001, 06:23 PM

Originally posted by anothermacguy:
I don't know if this helps, but do have a streaming mp3 server running on my OSX box. I'm using JScream as the encoder, and Shoutcast as the server (both are console run). Everything works fine.

I was able to get the same setup working on my box, but I've run into a problem. JRev (at www.jrev.org, formerly known as Jscream) seems to be a streamer, not an encoder. It can only stream existing mp3 files, so it's really not encoding anything...

Oh, and another minor snag (from the how-to):

Currently, jRev can only stream MP3 files of a single bitrate that is specified in the config file. If your files aren't encoded at the bitrate in the config file, they won't sound very good. Oh, and don't even think about using variable bitrate files.

I can confirm that files of a bitrate other than that which is specified in the config do, indeed, sound horrible. So this leaves me with the problem of either a) grouping my mp3s by bitrate (yeah right), or b) finding a streamer that is also an encoder (so that it could handle various bitrates). I've tried several other streamer solutions, including shout, and have had little success. I'm doing my best to learn how to overcome compiling problems, but it's a slow process.

On a happier note, I have found a couple of other things that may be of interest. Firstly, for those looking for alternatives to shoutcast, icecast 1.3.8 beta does compile (http://www.icecast.org/releases/icecast-1.3.8.beta2.tar.gz). I haven't tested it extensively, but it launches, so I'd immagine that it works okay.

Also, if you're anything like me, you have a large and deep directory forest that is your mp3 archive. Generating playlists for JRev (or any other streamer that can't recursively handle directories) would be a rather inefficient use of one's time. Instead, check out this nifty perl script called f2html.pl that does all this for you, and more. You'll need to install a perl module that enables perl to get at ID3 tags, but it's all very straightforward. Here's the link: http://freshmeat.net/projects/f2html...ight=f2html.pl

peash
-dre^

anothermacguy · Jan 8, 2001, 05:22 PM

Thanks dreness, I'll check out that link. I created a little script for making play lists easy, its pretty straight forward, but I would like to see what extra features this scripts has.

I played around with icecast too. I didn't like it that much, and went with JScream in the end. I hate that bitrate issue as well. I've been playing around with a couple console streamer/encoders, but have not found one I like yet. I hope you have better luck.